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Summer at IMMA presents a free music and performance programme in the beautiful surroundings of the IMMA Courtyard. Bring your friends and family along and enjoy a wide range of atmospheric and exciting music events, all free of charge! The Music in the Courtyard programme seeks to present up and coming artists as well as host well-known names.

Upcoming performances

During the month of July we look forward to performances by The Newpark Academy of Music Big Band, the ever popular The Ritz Brothers and an evening Family Céilí with live trad music and a Céilí Caller who will put you through your paces. Check out the full programme details below.

Please note that events will proceed in rain or shine and that the ground surface may be uneven in places, so bring appropriate footwear.


Programme Details

Music in the Courtyard upcoming performances.

The Newpark Academy of Music Big Band
Sun 7 July
3pm

Jazz at Newpark presents – Newpark Big Band Summer Concert. 

Come and join us for this free concert, set in the stunning backdrop of IMMA. It will be a spectacular afternoon of jazz music, with an array of talented musicians performing a vibrant and diverse musical style. 

Newpark Academy concerts are a delightful blend of jazz, Latin, and guest collaborations. If you attend one, prepare to be transported by the magic of live music 

There is a vast musical and social history of jazz music and its development, Newpark Academy of Music continues to contribute to this ever changing and exciting musical genre. 


Family Céilí at IMMA
Thurs 18 July
7.15pm

Join us for a free outdoor Family Céilí in IMMA Courtyard with brilliant live trad music and Céilí Caller Louise O’Connor who will put you through your paces. 

We will have simple two hand dances, a waltz or two and circle dances which will be suitable for all ages and dancing abilities. Music will be by Eibhlín Ní Bhaoighill and Séamus Byrne, who will have songs and tunes for all tastes. We will also have some sean nós dance performers on the day.  

Whether you’re tapping your feet to a reel or joining a céilí, Irish traditional music and dance bring people together, celebrating culture, community, and the joy of movement.   

Louise O’Connor is a fiddle player and sean nós dancer from County Clare and teaches set dancing at The Cobblestone Pub and regularly runs live band Céilí nights at the Teachers Club. She has been immersed in music and dance since the age of 7.  She has performed and taught at festivals around Ireland and internationally, including the London Irish Centre St Patricks Festival and Tonn Nua festival in Berlin this year. 


The Ritz Brothers
Sun 21 July
3pm

A Dublin based sound-good, feel-good, musical, theatrical band … with hats. 

The Ritz Brothers Café Theatre Band perform musical antics, from room to room, table to table, and courtyard to courtyard.
These theatrical troubadours have residency in Bewley’s Theatre Grafton Street, where they enchant their audiences with song, stories and theatrical charm.

Join The Ritz Brothers in the IMMA Courtyard, for a magical musical evening of surprises and stories from the juke box of your heart, where every song will stir a memory, and a new moment of emotion and laughter.